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Monik Nordine has a powerful, lyrical, and impressive command of the saxophone and is one of BC’s top soprano and alto jazz saxophonists. She has received several prestigious arts awards and she performed on the JUNO-nominated album "Cruel Yet Fair" with the Hard Rubber Orchestra. She is a dynamic force in the Vancouver Island jazz scene, a freelance saxophonist and composer who has been working as a musician for 30 years. Monik directs The Victoria Jazz Orchestra and has performed with Rob McConnell, Hugh Fraser and VEJI, Guido Basso, Michael Buble, and the Victoria Symphony Orchestra among others. Monik started and ran the Salt Spring Island Jazz Festival for 3 years as well as the jazz series “Jazz at the Acme” in Nanaimo. She has recorded three albums as a leader: Not Just To But... more...